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Geometry: Euclid and Beyond
Robin Hartshorne
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Description for Geometry: Euclid and Beyond
Paperback. This text offers a unique opportunity to understand the essence of one of the great thinkers of western civilization. A guided reading of Euclid's Elements leads to a critical discussion and rigorous modern treatment of Euclid's geometry and its more recent descendants, with complete proofs. Series: Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics. Num Pages: 528 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 182 x 256 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1014.
In recent years, I have been teaching a junior-senior-level course on the classi cal geometries. This book has grown out of that teaching experience. I assume only high-school geometry and some abstract algebra. The course begins in Chapter 1 with a critical examination of Euclid's Elements. Students are expected to read concurrently Books I-IV of Euclid's text, which must be obtained sepa rately. The remainder of the book is an exploration of questions that arise natu rally from this reading, together with their modern answers. To shore up the foundations we use Hilbert's axioms. The Cartesian plane over a field ... Read more
In recent years, I have been teaching a junior-senior-level course on the classi cal geometries. This book has grown out of that teaching experience. I assume only high-school geometry and some abstract algebra. The course begins in Chapter 1 with a critical examination of Euclid's Elements. Students are expected to read concurrently Books I-IV of Euclid's text, which must be obtained sepa rately. The remainder of the book is an exploration of questions that arise natu rally from this reading, together with their modern answers. To shore up the foundations we use Hilbert's axioms. The Cartesian plane over a field ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Series
Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics
Condition
New
Weight
1008g
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781441931450
SKU
V9781441931450
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